HaberkipIn appearance, the large imbalances in foreign trade are holding in the first quarter of 2019. Despite a few niche industries are very competitive, the products

Trade deficit : France is struggling to straighten the bar

In appearance, the large imbalances in foreign trade are holding in the first quarter of 2019. Despite a few niche industries are very competitive, the products

In appearance, the large imbalances in foreign trade are holding in the first quarter of 2019. Despite a few niche industries are very competitive, the products hexagonal remained somewhat popular on the world stage. The French continue to buy more goods abroad than companies hex does manage to sell their production to foreign consumers. Result: the Hexagon displays, according to the Customs, a deficit abyss of 13.7 billion euros over three months. The data varies little: it stood at 14.7 billion over the same first quarter in 2018 and $ 12.4 billion in the last three months of the year.

Behind these large masses, the evolution of the published data, however, gives some grounds for hope. Despite the international tensions, the exports have increased by 6.6% in a year, drawn by the dynamism of manufactured products (agri-food products, computers, machinery, etc.). In contrast, after three quarters of ...